Quantum Computers Aren’t What You Think — They’re Cooler | Hartmut Neven | TED

Quantum computers obtain superpowers by tapping into parallel universes, says Hartmut Neven, the founder and lead of Google Quantum AI. He explains how this emerging tech can far surpass traditional computers by relying on quantum physics rather than binary logic, and shares a roadmap to build the ultimate quantum computer. Learn how this fascinating and powerful tech can help humanity take on seemingly unsolvable problems in medicine, sustainable energy, AI, neuroscience and more.

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[drewbie]

If you’re looking for an accessible, logical explanation of how quantum computing works, then this… is not it.

[jme]

He got a PhD and the D stands for drip. My boy styling

[whoslacks]

Regarding the sunglasses on the head: As a bald guy, I can tell you, he’s preventing the light from gleaming off his head and permanently blinding the audience. A true gentleman.

[nzoomed]

Basically a quantum computer is a whole box of schrodingers cats.

[fishcadet]

The sunglasses make him very relatable.

[seekerofthemutablebalance]

The real science was the friends we made along the way

[UFOgamers]

Quantum mechanics does not prove multiverse hypothesis, the multiverse hypothesis is just a solution suggested to explain the weirdness of superpositions and collapses. Multiverse hypothesis is not based on an objective truth or testable scientific experiments. He should know better than to give such examples for a large audience, propagating myths like this is not productive.

[thegroke]

A much simpler way to describe this, instead of using a many worlds theory, would be to say there is a yes, a no and a maybe or what if state. With his three coins he could have had one on heads, another on tails and the third balancing on it's edge, ready to fall either way when interfered with.

[jeremyckahn]

I understand quantum computing less after watching this video than I did going in

[sundaramvenkitarama]

Maybe I missed it - does the presenter say anywhere in the video in how many fields you need to get PhD' s before watching this video?

[rodintoulouse]

And this was the easy way to explain it? Maybe in another multiverse 😊

[charliesmaker]

this guy's fit is unreal... superposition drip 💦💦

[steveb]

I wanted to listen to this but kept looking at the sunglasses thinking 'why'?

[uapReX]

Now I want a 'Time Crystal ' :P

[benius]

The day Google is reading your bloodsugar and smelling your food we are doomed.

[christineliang]

@0:40 "Where does this superpower come from? Quantum computer is the first technology that takes the idea serious that we live in a multiverse. It can be seen as farming out computations to parallel universes." This is David Deutsch's idea !! in his book "The Fabric of Reality".

[ralfbaechle]

While the existence of the multiverse is unproven and probably unprovable I learned it to be a great way of explaining things at a popular science level.

Computer architecture has always been my thing. And so has physics been, so quantum computers are just the next crazy thing I'd love to work on.

[mikkel]

There is no evidence proving that quantum computers require parallel worlds.
This video is a promotion of the 'Many Worlds' interpretation, which is just one of several interpretations of quantum mechanics.

[colton_]

Can't wait to see what's possible with quantum AI

[miggle]

I want to believe him but those weird sunglasses on his head are suspicious 😅